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SoundCloud Ditches Commissions, Artists Keep 100%

SoundCloud is launching direct sales with a 0% commission, letting artists keep every cent from profile sales and directly challenging platforms like Bandcamp.

Aug 26, 20266 min
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Oumi Automates AI Dev, Declares ML Engineers Obsolete

Oumi's new platform automates the full development pipeline for custom enterprise AI, aiming to make expensive teams of machine learning engineers redundant and

Aug 26, 20266 min
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Gamma Buys Startup to Make AI Presentations Feel Human

Gamma acquiring design startup Lica signals the AI presentation war is shifting from speed to understanding human emotion and intent.

Aug 25, 20265 min
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OpenAI's Top Product Chief Declares the Chatbot Era Over

OpenAI's product chief argues AI must become invisible—blending into workflows rather than being a tool you command. He believes 20 million ChatGPT Work users s

Aug 25, 20266 min
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Australia Bans AI-Generated Songs from Official Charts

Australia's ARIA charts have instituted a landmark ban on songs created by AI, declaring the charts a measure of human artistry, not just consumption.

Aug 25, 20268 min
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Apple's New AirTags Slash Prices in Dominance Push

Apple cut the price of a four-pack of second-gen AirTags to $79, a record low that signals a major push to dominate the tracker market.

Aug 25, 20265 min
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Arbitrator Slams Post's 'Disproportional' Firing of Opinion Columnist

An independent arbitrator ordered the Washington Post to reinstate columnist Karen Attiah with full back pay, calling her firing over posts about Charlie Kirk '

Aug 25, 20268 min
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General Intuition Seeks Capital at $6 Billion Valuation

General Intuition, an AI startup, is raising funds at a $6 billion valuation, having tripled its worth since June. It plans to pivot from gaming to building rea

Aug 24, 20265 min
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Amazon Vents Memory Crunch in 60% Echo Dot Sticker Shock

Amazon has suddenly raised prices across its Echo, Kindle, and Fire TV lines by up to 60%, blaming severe memory and storage cost increases for the broad, unpre

Aug 24, 20266 min
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Replit Chases $1B Revenue by Erasing Coding Tools

Replit's AI-powered growth has surged its valuation to $9 billion and revenue toward $1 billion, forcing its CEO to defend a future where writing code is automa

Aug 24, 20268 min
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Nvidia Eyes $30B Pivot To Cement AI Ecosystem Crown

Nvidia is weighing a multibillion-dollar investment into Perplexity that would value the AI search company above $30 billion, a strategic move to directly fuel

Aug 24, 20264 min
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AI Agents Swarm Financial APIs in Architecture Invasion

AI agents have become the fastest-growing API consumers, processing over a trillion tokens daily to automate complex financial workflows, exposing infrastructur

Aug 24, 20267 min